Brenna Hughes is a founder of Swim to Empower. She is an undergraduate at Dartmouth College, majoring in Environmental Studies, with a focus of medicine. She is also a Henry David Thoreau Scholar. Hughes is a graduate of The Island School's spring 2003 semester and is interested in global health and the environment.

Jen Galvin is the founder of reelblue, LLC, a media production company specializing in stories about global health and the environment. She is also a trustee and selection committee member of the Henry David Thoreau Foundation. Galvin has a BS in Aquatic Biology from Brown University, a MPH in Environmental Epidemiology from Yale University, and a SD in Environmental Health from the Harvard School of Public Health's Epidemiology, Exposure and Risk Program.

Jennie Freeman worked with the Bahamian Ministry of Education and families of South Eleuthera to found Deep Creek Middle School in 2001. She worked to create opportunities for students both on Eleuthera and in the United States. Due to the founding of DCMS, the people of South Eleuthera now have access to a library and computer center. Students and local children attend summer school and camp at DCMS and many have traveled to the U.S. for summer camp and boarding school experiences. Freeman came to Eleuthera with a Masters degree in education and currently heads the DCMS advisory board. She now lives in southern Vermont with her husband and two children.

Molly McKay currently teaches World Cultures at Berwick Academy in Maine. McKay spent several years teaching Bahamian History at the Deep Creek Middle School in South Eleuthera. McKay received her BA from St. Lawrence University.

Alexandra Penny is an undergraduate at Brown University, majoring in Environmental Studies. She is also a graduate of The Island School's spring 2003 semester. Penny is interested in the impacts of globalization.